August 8, 1007. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



9 



Flower Day at Oak Grove Cemetery, Springfield, Mass. 



Dolby, Mther darker in color, should 

 displace it. Navy Blue remains the 

 leading blue on both sides of tho Atlan- 

 tic and Mrs. Walter Wright among 

 mauves, while Duke of Westminster is 

 supreme in the violet and purple class. 

 Black Knight having its own way in 

 the maroon class. 



Coming to magentas, George Gordon 

 led the list in London. It is not a popu- 

 lar color here. In picotee-edged, Dainty 

 and Lottie Eckford won, while America 

 worsted all competitors in the striped 

 and flaked red and rose class, Princess 

 of Wales being supreme in the class for 

 striped and flaked purple and blue. 

 Jeanne Gordon cannot be beaten as a 

 bicolor, while for marbled varieties we 

 note that Helen Pierce was the only 

 variety shown by the whole of eighteen 

 competitors. For fancies, Agnes John- 

 ston and Sybil Eckford were the win- 

 ners. 



Best of Each Color. 



Sifting down the number of varieties 

 to a few which will prove of great com- 

 mercial value, the following would seem 

 to stand out as strictly first -class: 



Whites— Dorothy Eckford and Nora 

 L^nwin. 



Pinks— Gladys T^nwin and Countess 

 Spencer. 



Scarlets — Queen Alexandra and King 

 Edward VII. 



Rose — .John Ingman. 



Lavender— Lady Grisel Hamilton. 



Mauve— Mrs. W. Wright and Frank 

 Dolby. 



Orange — Helen Lewis. 



Striped — America. 



Bine— Xavy Blue. 



Marbled — TIelcn Pierce. 



Having grown all the foregoing four- 



teen varieties and taken careful note of 

 sorts grown elsewhere or on the exhibi- 

 tion table, I can safely recommend them 

 as being the best of their respective 

 colors. If reduced to half a dozen sorts 

 I would pick Dorothy Eckford, white; 

 Gladys Unwin, pink; Helen Lewis, 

 orange; John Ingman, rose; Queen 

 Alexandra, scarlet ; and Lady Grisel 

 Hamilton or Frank Dolby, light blue. 



W. N. Craig. 



ENGLISH SWEET PEA SHOW. 



There were a surprising number of 

 so-called novelties exliibited at the show 

 of the National Sweet Pea Society at 

 London, England, July 16, but only the 

 following obtained awards : 



Rosie Adams, a large waved flower, 

 of a bright bronzy-purple, distinct and 

 effective ; award of merit. 



Silas Cole, large wavy or Countess 

 Spencer flower, rich maroon in color; 

 award of merit. 



The Marquis, another large waved 

 flower, color rosy-lilac ; award of merit. 



St. George, a Countess Spencer type 

 of Evelyn Byatt color; good in color 

 and shape, but apparently rather short 

 in stem ; award of merit. 



Nancy Perkin, a Countess Spencer 

 type of Henry Eckford coloring; award 

 of merit. 



Elsie Herbert, creamy-white, with 

 narrow edge pale pink ; a large flower 

 of wavy shape; award of merit. 



Evelyn Hemus, cream, suffused palest 

 pink; award of merit. 



One remarkable thing about this 

 show, says the Horticultural Advertiser, 

 was the great number of novelties of 

 the Countess Spencer type. Every one 

 of the varieties which received an award 



of merit was of this shape, and there 

 were heaps of others set up for awards, 

 or to be found among competitive 

 classes. It also struck us that there are 

 getting a great number of varieties too 

 much alike; to take the wavy pinks, 

 there are Mrs. A. Watkins, Countess 

 Spencer, Audrey Crier, Vera Jeffery, 

 Mrs. Hardcastle, Sykes, Paradise, Mal- 

 colm and Gladys Unwin, and perhaps 

 several more we have missed, which if 

 distinct, are yet very much alike in 

 decorative effect; three of varying 

 shades of pink would be quite enough 

 for all practical purposes. Those who 

 are trying for novelties have now, in- 

 deed, a difficult task before them ; all 

 probable colors seem already appropri- 

 ated, while it seems diflScult to imagine 

 much improvement in either size or 

 form. 



A SECOND MEMORIAL DAY. 



How It Works in Spriagfield. 



The custom of having an annual 

 "flower day," on which all lot holders 

 are invited to decorate graves, has be- 

 come a popular custom in several ceme- 

 teries. It is a matter which florists 

 should take up with the cemetery people 

 in towns where it would be an innova- 

 tion, for the custom of having a second 

 Decoration day in the late summer or 

 early autumn deserves all the support 

 the trade can give it. The idea, once 

 tried, is quite certain to have the friend- 

 ship of the cemetery officials, as it is 

 invariably productive of much interest in 

 the cemetery. 



Oak Grove cemetery. Springfield, 

 Mass.. adopted the idea in 1903. and 

 Superintendent J. C. Sackett has found 



